The NYCLU is a public-interest law firm that principally addresses issues involving challenges to a government law, policy or practice affecting the constitutional rights – that is, the civil liberties and civil rights – of a significant number of people arising in New York State. Find out how to get help with such an issue.

In the Courts

To protect the civil rights and civil liberties of New Yorkers, the NYCLU files lawsuits in federal and state courts across New York. Our cases range from massive class-action lawsuits that involve tens of thousands of people and last for decades, to individual cases that may be resolved in months. All of our cases, however, share a common goal: to vindicate important rights enshrined in the United States Constitution, in federal law, in the New York Constitution, and in New York state and local laws.

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